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The BEE in ancient egypt
The BEE was a symbol of Lower Egypt. The royal titulary
“King of Upper and Lower Egypt” included the hieroglyph
for the bee. The SCARAB beetle in its form of Khephri,
was considered a theophany of the god Ré. The
image of a beetle pushing a ball of dung reminded the
Egyptians of the rising sun, thus the hieroglyph of a beetle
came to mean “to come into being.” The scarab beetle
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